DAVID PAWSON MINISTRY CIO REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES for the year ended 31 March 2025
The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025. This year the trustees have adopted the provisions available to smaller charities to produce annual financial statements on a Receipts and Payments basis.
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
Objectives and aims
The principal objective of the charity is the promotion of Christian teaching throughout the world.
Significant activities
In seeking to fulfil its principal charitable objective the trustees have focussed on the provision of books and pre-recorded material by the Reverend David Pawson M.A., BSc. Significant progress has been made this year and David Parsons teaching is now available via TV, Youtube, local radio, eBooks, audio books, streaming via Spotify, Audible and iTunes, podcasts and various social media platforms.
In addition new translations/overdubs have been produced in Portuguese, German, French, Urdu, Farsi, Afrikaans, Bulgarian and Nepalese
Public benefit
The Trustees have complied with the duty in section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to public benefit guidance published by the Commission.
ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE
Charitable activities
The Trust has continued its trajectory to provide teaching at the highest possible quality, to the highest number of people at the lowest possible cost. Free of charge wherever possible and in the local language of choice wherever possible.
FINANCIAL REVIEW
Financial position
At the balance sheet date the charity had accumulated funds of £801,723 (2024: £891,613 on equivalent basis). Of these amounts £29,225 (2024: £29,225) related to restricted funds.
The funds of the charity are primarily held in the form of bank balances. During the year donations and endowments to the charity were £27,088 and total expenditure was £123,251.
Reserves policy
Running costs are well managed and kept to a minimum. Total reserves at the Balance sheet date amounted to £801,723 of which £29,225 was Restricted Funds. The Trustees have considered that there should be sufficient funds to cover at least 6 months of operations should the need arise, together with fully funded plans in place for completion by 2030.
DAVID PAWSON MINISTRY CIO REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES for the year ended 31 March 2025
FUTURE PLANS
The current priority for the Trust is to do with future proofing. This involves looking at upgrading our digital platform and our media into formats that will survive into the future. This includes video, eBooks and audiobooks.
The work of translating, digitising and subtitling continues at good pace as well as the growing move towards eBooks. We are currently looking into the development of audiobooks.
The Trustees remain very thankful for all its staff, volunteers and supporters.
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governing document
The Charity is controlled by its governing document, a CIO-Foundation.
On 4 May 2020 David Pawson Ministry CIO was registered under charity number 1189318 at the Charity Commission and on 30 September 2020 it took over all assets and activities of The David Pawson Teaching Trust.
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Charity number
1189318
Principal address
Wishing Well Cottage The Ridges FINCHAMPSTED Berkshire RG40 3HS
Trustees
D Rebbettes S C Dally Company Director A Mejia
Independent Examiner
L Redman Shaw Gibbs Limited Wey Court West Union Road Farnham Surrey GU9 7PT
Solicitors
Barlow Robbins LLP Concord House 165 Church Street East Woking
DAVID PAWSON MINISTRY CIO
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES for the year ended 31 March 2025
Approved by order of the board of trustees on 2nd December 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
............................................................ D Rebbettes - Trustee
| DAVID PAWSON MINISTRY CIO | DAVID PAWSON MINISTRY CIO | 1189318 | ||
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| Receipts andpayments accounts | CC16a | |||
| For the period from |
01/04/2024 | To | 31/03/2025 |
Section A Receipts and payments
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 7,554 5,997 8,908 4,629 - - - - 27,088 6,273 - 6,273 33,361 107,534 15,717 - - - - - - - 123,251 - - - 123,251 - 89,890 - 862,388 772,498 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 29,225 29,225 |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ 7,554 5,997 8,908 4,629 - - - - 27,088 6,273 - 6,273 33,361 107,534 15,717 - - - - - - - 123,251 - - - 123,251 - 89,890 |
Total funds to the nearest £ 7,554 5,997 8,908 4,629 - - - - 27,088 6,273 - 6,273 33,361 107,534 15,717 - - - - - - - 123,251 - - - 123,251 - 89,890 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| Donations | 7,554 | 556,581 | ||||
| Gift Aid | 5,997 | - | ||||
| Interest received | 8,908 | 8,723 | ||||
| Royalties received | 4,629 | 15,822 | ||||
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| - | - | |||||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
27,088 | 581,126 | ||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| Intercompany a/c movements | 6,273 | 7,027 | ||||
| - | - | |||||
| Sub total | 6,273 | 7,027 | ||||
| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 588,153 | ||||||
| Direct charitable costs | 107,534 | 358,727 | ||||
| Support costs | 15,717 | 45,761 | ||||
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| - | - | |||||
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| **Sub total ** | 123,251 | 404,488 | ||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| **Sub total ** | - | - | ||||
| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| 404,488 | ||||||
| - 89,890 | - | - | - 89,890 | 183,665 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 862,388 | 29,225 | - | 891,613 | 707,948 | ||
| 772,498 | 29,225 | - | 801,723 | 891,613 |
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories B1 Cash funds CCXX R1 accounts (SS) |
Details Bank accounts Paypal accounts 1 |
Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 772,498 - |
Restricted funds to nearest £ 29,225 - |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bank accounts | 772,498 | 29,225 | - | |
| Paypal accounts 1 |
- | - | - 02/01/2026 |
| - | - | - | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total cash funds | 772,498 | 29,225 | - | ||||
| (agree balances with receipts and payments | |||||||
| account(s)) | OK | OK | OK | ||||
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Endowment | |||||
| funds | funds | funds | |||||
| Details | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | ||||
| B2 Other monetary assets | - | - | - | ||||
| - | - | - | |||||
| - | - | - | |||||
| - | - | - | |||||
| - | - | - | |||||
| - | - | - | |||||
| Details | Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) | Current value (optional) |
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| B3 Investment assets | - | - | |||||
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| - | - | ||||||
| - | - | ||||||
| Details | Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) | Current value (optional) |
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| B4 Assets retained for the | - | - | |||||
| charity’s own use | - | - | |||||
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| Fund to which | Amount due | When due | |||||
| Details | liability relates | (optional) | (optional) | ||||
| B5 Liabilities | Due to DPPL | General | 10,397 | ||||
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| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |
Signature | Name | Date of approval |
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| S DALLY | 02/12/2025 | ||||||
| Steve Dally |
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
02/01/2026
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INDEPE_ND_E_NT_EXAMINER'S REPORTTO THE TBY.STEES OF DAVIL) PAWSQII MINISTRY CIQ Independent examiner's report lo the trustees of David Pawson Ministry CIO I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of David Pawson Ministry CIO (the Trust) forthe yearended 31 March 2025. Responsibililies and basls ot report Asthe charitytrustees oftheTrustyou areresponsibleforthe preparation ofthe accounts in accordance with the requirementsofthe Charities Act 20111'the Act,). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under Section 145 ofthe Act and in carrying out my examination I havefollowed all applicable Directions given bythe Charity Commission under Section 145(5)Ib) of the Act. Independent examiner's statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required bysection 130 of the Act; or the accounts do not accord with those records: or the accounts do not ¢omplywith the applicable requirements concerningthe form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fairviewwhich is not a matterconsidered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other rnatters in Connection with the examination towhich attention should be drawn in this report in orderto enable a proper understandingofthe accounts to be reached. L Redman Is Shaw Gibbs Limited Wey Court West Union Road lolG